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(43) Date of publication: 06.05.1998 Bulletin 1998/19 (21) Application number: 96922998.0 (22) Date of filing: 09.07.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B42D 15/ 00( . ) G09F 3/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/001642 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/003843 (06.02.1997 Gazette 1997/07)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB NL (30) Priority: 14.07.1995 GB 19950014421 (71) Applicant: De La Rue International Limited London WC2N 4DE (GB)	(72) Inventors: VAN DEN OEVER, Rene NL-5482 VW Schijndel (NL) HAMILTON, Mark, Simon Wallington Surrey SM6 0AY (GB) (74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund  GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)